Also known as: Tomokazu “Freedom” Sugita, すぎた ともかず, 杉田 智和, توموکازو سوگیتا
Born in Saitama, Japan
1980-10-11 (age 45)
Tomokazu Sugita is a Japanese voice actor who was born on October 11, 1980 in Saitama, Japan. Previously affiliated with Atomic Monkey, he is now the CEO of AGRS Co., Ltd. His bloodtype is B.
Sugita and fellow seiyuu Narita Ken are sometimes referred to as "brothers" due to a joke made during Live Pastel Collection 2003. During an Omaera No Tame Darou event, hosts Toshiyuki Morikawa and Nobuyuki Hiyama asked Sugita how they were similar. His answer was that both of them rarely blink, making eye-to-eye contact with either a frightening encounter.
Sugita has also had a close friendship with fellow seiyuu Yuichi Nakamura since 2001. Both play male leads in two anime adapted from Key visual novels, Yuichi Aizawa of Kanon and Tomoya Okazaki of Clannad, respectively.
Sugita won for "Best Supporting Actor" in the Third Seiyu Awards.
On April 1, 2020, he left Atomic Monkey, where he had belonged for many years, and on October 11, 2019 he established AGRS Co., Ltd., where he serves as the representative director.
From Wikipedia
Tomokazu Sugita (杉田 智和, Sugita Tomokazu; born October 11, 1980) is a Japanese voice actor and author. He mainly plays young men and is characterized by his "deep bass voice," and he often performs ad-libs and imitations.
He is best known for his roles as Gintoki Sakata in Gintama, Tadaomi Karasuma in Assassination Classroom, Hideki Motosuwa in Chobits, Rin Tsuchimi in Shuffle!, Gyomei Himejima in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Kyon in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Yuichi Aizawa in Kanon, Kazuyoshi "Switch" Usui in Sket Dance, Hidenori Tabata in Daily Lives of High School Boys, Yuuya Kizami from the Corpse Party series, Gundham Tanaka from the Danganronpa series, Ragna the Bloodedge in Blazblue, Joseph Joestar in the 2012 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle, Taro Sakamoto in Sakamoto Days, Yusuke Kitagawa in Persona 5, Chrom in Fire Emblem, Escanor in The Seven Deadly Sins, Yahiro Takigawa in The Testament of Sister New Devil, Kaede Manyuda in Kakegurui, Charlotte Katakuri in One Piece, and Ultraman Ginga and Dark Lugiel in Ultraman Ginga.